35 ST. MARK'S PLACE STATEN ISLAND, NY 10301 USA [email protected] POSITION: 1972-2011: Free Lance Composer/Accordionist

• Tours throughout the Americas, Europe, Japan, as soloist; in duos with Alan Bern (accordion/piano), and Phillip Johnston (saxophones); and groups Ain’t Nothin’ But a Polka Band, and the Bantam Orchestra. • 1996: founded the Accordion Tribe, with , , Otto Lechner, and Bratko Bibic; toured throughout Europe until Lars Hollmer’s untimely death in 2009; they released 3 recordings on Intuition, and were the subjects of the 2004 documentary film, Accordion Tribe: Music Travels, by Stefan Schwietert, which screened throughout Europe and won awards at several festivals as “best documentary film.” • Tours as sideman with , , , /, Relâche, Present Music, Robin Holcomb. • Commissions and premieres of solo accordion pieces by Mary Ellen Childs, , Aaron Jay Kernis, Jerome Kitzke, Stephen Montague, Somei Satoh, Lois V Vierk, John Zorn.

AWARDS 2010: Artists Collins Fellowship, a $50,000 unrestricted award 2002: New York Dance & Performance Award (BESSIE), jointly with Dan Hurlin, for the puppet/theatre piece, Everyday Uses for Sight #7: The Heart of the Andes 1996: Publishers Weekly “Listen Up” Audiobook Awards: Best Original Score, Accordion Crimes, novel by E. Annie Proux, music by Guy Klucevsek. 1995: New York Dance & Performance Award (BESSIE), for Altered Landscapes, a solo accordion score for David Dorfman Dance’s, Hey.

COMMISSIONS/GRANTS 2011: Lionel Popkin Dance Company: commission for an evening-length dance score for solo accordion and string quartet, to premiere 2012-2013 season. 2010: Laurie McCants, Industrious Angels, music theatre score for violin, accordion, piano/toy piano, premiered Bloomsburg, PA, 2011. 2006: Dance Theatre ETC, Angels and Accordions, site-specific work, premiered Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, October, 2007. 2002: Jérôme Thomas Company (France): Cirque Lili, for circus theatre, scored for accordion and soprano sax, has been performed 250+ times in Europe, England and USA, always with live music. Original Works Grant, COAHSI, The Well-Tampered Accordion, 12 solo pieces. 2001: Relâche/Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation: Swither, Tangocide, Still Life with Canon, and Wing/Prayer, all composed for the Relâche ensemble and choreographer Meredith Rainey, premiered in Philadelphia, May, 2002. 2000: Ping Chong and Company/New York State Council on the Arts: Obon, for puppet theatre, premiered at Seattle Repertory Company, April, 2002. 1998: The Kitchen and MASS MoCA/Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust: Squeeze Play, an evening of multi-disciplinary collaborations, premiered at The Kitchen, NYC, March, 2000 . 1997: Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble/Rockefeller Foundation/Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation: Hard Coal, a music theatre piece premiered by BTE, April, 1999 1995: Solo Recitalist’s Grant/National Endowment for the Arts: solo recital, Merkin Hall, , March, 1996 1994: Ping Chong & Co./Meet The Composer/Reader’s Digest Commissioning Program: Chinoiserie, an evening-length music/theatre work. Premiered at the Lied Center, University of Nebraska, Sept., 1995, and presented on the 1995 Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music. 1993: David Dorfman Dance/Meet The Composer: Composer/Choreographer Project Grant: Altered Landscapes, solo accordion score for Hey, premiered at the Kitchen, NYC, May, 1994.

DISCOGRAPHY

SOLOIST/LEADER Dancing on the Volcano, Tzadik, 2009 Song of Remembrance, Tzadik, 2007 The Well-Tampered Accordion, Winter & Winter, 2004 The Heart of the Andes, Winter & Winter, 2002 Free Range Accordion, Starkland, 2000 Transylvanian Softwear, Starkland, 1999 (originally released 1994, John Marks Records) Altered Landscapes, Evva, 1998 Stolen Memories, Tzadik, 1996 Citrus, My Love, RecRec/Swiss, 1993 Manhattan Cascade, CRI, 1992 Polka Dots & Laser Beams, Evva, 1992 ?Who Stole the Polka?, Evva, 1992 Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse, XI, 1990 Scenes From A Mirage, Review, 1987 Blue Window, Zoar, 1986

CO-LEADER Accordion Tribe: Lunghorn Twist, Intuition, 2006 Accordion Tribe: Sea of Reeds, Intuition, 2002 Accordion Tribe: Accordion Tribe, Intuition, 1998 Guy Klucevsek and Alan Bern: Notefalls, Winter & Winter, 2007 Guy Klucevsek and Alan Bern: Accordance, Winter & Winter, 2000 Guy Klucevsek and Phillip Johnston: Tales from the Cryptic, Winter & Winter, 2003

SELECTED RECORDINGS WHICH INCLUDE KLUCEVSEK COMPOSITIONS Dave Douglas: Charms of the Night Sky, Winter & Winter Margaret Leng Tan: The Art of the Toy Piano, Point Relache: Press Play, Meyer Media Planet Squeezebox (Compilation), Ellipsis Arts Legends of Accordion (Compilation), Rhino Twisted Tutu: Play Nice, OO Disks Norwegian Wood, Aki Takahashi, Toshiba EMI

EDUCATION Post Graduate Independent Study, California Institute of the Arts, 1971-72 M.A., Music Theory/Composition, University of , 1971 B.A., Music Theory/Composition, Indiana University of , 1969 Composition Teachers: Morton Subotnick, Gerald Shapiro, Robert Bernat Accordion Studies with Walter Grabowski, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 1955-1965

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